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Winter Riding

This is where fatbiking earned its name. Since 2011, we’ve been riding through snowstorms, exploring frozen trails, and testing gear in real winter conditions. From groomed singletrack to deep backcountry powder, Winter Riding is the soul of the fatbike scene—and we’ve been documenting it from day one.

Destinations

Fatventures in Alaska and the Chugach Fat Bike Bash

April 25, 2019 Gomez 1
By Betsy Williford Photos by Rich Loftin Alaska, the Last Frontier.  A land so vast, so wild, full of beauty, […]
Videos

Tuesday Night at the Movies – Blue

April 9, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Tuesday Night at the Movies – Blue
The fat bike film, Blue is now available for sharing with friends, family, fellow fat bike enthusiasts, neighbors and all […]
Ride Report

Fat (video) Tuesday – Bugging Across Finland

April 9, 2019 Gomez 1
Greetings from freezing Finland fat bikers of the world. Jussi and Andrej from Entis are on a mission to spread […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – Legends

March 13, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Legends
ITI Champion John Lackey sent us this week’s Wallpaper Wednesday featured photograph. When one ITI Champ takes a photo of another […]
Videos

Fat Tuesday Video – Lake Saimaa

March 5, 2019 Gomez 1
It’s the (real) Fat Tuesday so let’s PARTY! You may have noticed that we tend to post fat or plus […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – 2/20/19

February 20, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – 2/20/19
Betsy Williford sent in this week’s WW feature. Betsy appears to be a Woman of few words, yet in her […]
Events

Event Spotlight – The Drift 100 – 3/9/19 – Wyoming

February 18, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Event Spotlight – The Drift 100 – 3/9/19 – Wyoming
The Wind River Mountain Festival presents the inaugural Drift 100. The race takes place in Wyoming, at the northern base of […]
Bike Culture

Afterglow Lake Resort – Phelps WI – Northwoods Paradise

January 31, 2019 Gomez 3
I was drawn to Afterglow Lake Resort by their incredible social media photo-stream. The intense sunset photography made me think back […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – Alaska Blue

January 30, 2019 Gomez 1
This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is Cory Kittle’s second photo that’s been featured here. Cory’s a bush pilot as well as a […]
Bikepacking

JayP’s 200k Fat Pursuit- Challenging Ourselves Through Sun, Snow, and Wind

January 24, 2019 Becky, Bryon & April Vordermann 1
On January 4th and 5th, this year, Jay Petervary hosted the 200 mile and 200k Fat Pursuit events, in Island […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – Toronto Urban Singletrack

January 23, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Toronto Urban Singletrack
  This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday feature comes to us from Gus Villanueva. Gus just wanted to share his early morning ride […]
Bike Culture

The Dose of Fat Podcast Show No. 141 – Up to Snow Good & Afterglow Report

January 18, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on The Dose of Fat Podcast Show No. 141 – Up to Snow Good & Afterglow Report
  Leia, Spinner & Tio Gomez are joined in the studio by Patricia, the Race Director of the Up to […]
Bike Black Ribbon

Wallpaper Wednesday – Grand Falls on the Dead River

January 16, 2019 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Grand Falls on the Dead River
  This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday is from one of our long-time amigos, Tom McDonald. I found this shot in my Wallpaper […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – KC & the Lumberjacks

December 26, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – KC & the Lumberjacks
  This week’s Wallpaper Wednesday comes to us from Keith Christensen. It’s back to work after the long holiday weekend […]
Bike Culture

The Birkie Ladies Fat Bike Getaway – By Kitty

December 20, 2018 Gomez 4
I just returned from attending the first ever Birkie Ladies Fat Bike Getaway. With so many women starting to fat-bike, […]
Global Fat-bike Day

Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Day Finland

December 4, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Day Finland
Global Fat-Bike Day seems to have successfully spawned positive vibrations and fun from every corner of the planet this year. […]
Global Fat-bike Day

Fat (video) Tuesday – GFBD Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

November 27, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – GFBD Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
If you haven’t heard, Global Fat-Bike Day is this Saturday so we cued up a throwback to GFBD 2017 in […]
Destinations

Wallpaper Wednesday – Squamish, British Columbia

May 9, 2018 Gomez 2
  Alan Young shot this week’s spectacular Wallpaper Wednesday image. Alan shared the story behind his stunning photo (below). The […]
Bikepacking

Put Faith in Your Fatbike – by Daniel Smith

April 23, 2018 Gomez 1
  Within the first hour of our five-day bikepacking trip through the White Mountains, north of Fairbanks, we shared the […]
Videos

Fat Video Tuesday – Finnish Easter Egg Hunt

April 3, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Video Tuesday – Finnish Easter Egg Hunt
Our Fat Tuesday Video comes to us all the way from Lappeenranta Finland! We’re the international house of fat-bikes and Marko Lankinen […]
Site News

Fat Tuesday changes its name to Fat Sunday at the Hawk

March 20, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat Tuesday changes its name to Fat Sunday at the Hawk
Jordan Fox shared a video of some Sunday shenanigans with his amigo, Matt Wild at Nitehawk (year-round) Adventure Park out […]
Destinations

The Bear: A new fat bike experience – by Becky Vordermann

March 8, 2018 Gomez 2
Editor’s Note: Becky Vordermann shares her first crack at fat-bike racing in Colorado.    Last month, just outside of Steamboat […]
Destinations

Wallpaper Wednesday – Kamloops British Columbia

March 7, 2018 Gomez 2
  I’ve always loved the name Kamloops…it just sounds like a place that would be fun! Chris Carr and Eric Foltan […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – Off the Beaten Path (on a bog)

February 27, 2018 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – Off the Beaten Path (on a bog)
Our old friend Deo has shot a quick wheelie filled tournament of destruction out on the Atlantic East Coast of […]
Trail Grooming

Sno-Blaster and Path-Master Groomers – Initial Look

February 23, 2018 Ken Blakey-Shell 3
    In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of groomed fat bike trails. During this […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – One Day Off

January 2, 2018 Gomez 3
A longtime reader, Robert Krügel, dropped us a line with some hot, low-rise, mesh, european pixels from a recent trip to the […]
Bike Black Ribbon

The Bonus Bivvy

December 29, 2017 Gomez 6
Well, it’s our last post of 2017 and instead of looking back on a pretty crazy year, let’s talk about […]
Bike Culture

Kali Adventure Club – Part 2 – By Will Ross

December 21, 2017 Gomez 2
Ed ~ This is part 2 of Will Ross’ story about his trip up to Point Lay, Alaska. You can […]
Gallery

Wallpaper Wednesday – Winter is Here!

December 13, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Winter is Here!
  The calendar says that Winter doesn’t officially start until next week but in the French Alps…and here in Wisconsin, […]
Bike Culture

Event Spotlight – Surly Masher – MPLS – 2/3/18

December 11, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Event Spotlight – Surly Masher – MPLS – 2/3/18
When the bike world and the beer world align under a banner that reads SURLY, you know that unlike most […]
Beach Riding

Wallpaper Wednesday – Crust Ride

November 15, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Wallpaper Wednesday – Crust Ride
I shot this back in 2014 at one of the best beach crust rides that I’ve ever experienced. The rider […]
Bike Culture

Kali Adventure Club – Part 1 – By Will Ross

November 13, 2017 Gomez 2
About a week and a half ago at Chain Reaction Cycles where I’m the Service Manager, I overheard some news […]
Destinations

Wallpaper Wednesday – Chill Out – (in a Fat-Bike Daydream)

October 25, 2017 Gomez 1
Felipe Civita sent us a couple of shots from a 3-day hut trip to Elk Lakes Cabin in British Columbia. The […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – Blast from the Past – by Ward Whitmire

May 9, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – Blast from the Past – by Ward Whitmire
Let’s set the “Wayback” machine for the year 2014, shall we Sherman? Where are we going this week, Mr. Peabody? […]
Bike Culture

A Parable about a Viking and the Big Fat Dummy

March 22, 2017 Spinner 7
In the fat-bike marketplace, we’ve seen a lot of gimmicks in the past couple of years.  For example: carbon, full […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – From Sweden with Fat

March 21, 2017 Gomez 1
This week’s Fat (video) Tuesday presentation comes to us from Sweden. Our new amigo, Viktor Linnerö shared this rock’n little […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – Aboyne

March 14, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – Aboyne
Our Amigo Illya is back with a clip from the Scottish Highlands. We haven’t shared a Fat Tuesday Video recently, […]
Bike Black Ribbon

Black Ribbon – Fat Photo – by Scott Andreson

March 1, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Black Ribbon – Fat Photo – by Scott Andreson
Photo description: Fat biking the Mineral Belt Trail in the mining district of Leadville, CO Photo Credit: Scott Andreson Some […]
Destinations

Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Worlds in Crested Butte

January 31, 2017 Gomez Comments Off on Fat (video) Tuesday – Fat-Bike Worlds in Crested Butte
We worked with our amigos at Borealis Fat Bikes and Dirt Components to make sure that we shared the unmistakable […]
Destinations

Snow Bike Festival 2017, Switzerland

January 25, 2017 summittoppler 6
After being given the OK to travel to Gstaad, Switzerland as Fat-Bike.com’s European Bureau Chief to cover this year’s Snow […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – Close to the Edge

January 24, 2017 Gomez 1
Bike Black Ribbon Test Pilot, Dustin Carlson, is behind this week’s FvT feature presentation. It’s great to see the next […]
Tires

Mid-Term Check-In: Vittoria Cannoli

January 19, 2017 Ken Blakey-Shell Comments Off on Mid-Term Check-In: Vittoria Cannoli
I sit here and write this while psyching myself up for another 3-4 hour ride of breaking trail on the […]
Events

Race Report – California Fat Bike Championships – by Bev Brown

December 19, 2016 Gomez Comments Off on Race Report – California Fat Bike Championships – by Bev Brown
  The California State Fat Bike Championships were held on December 10th, 2016 at the Rim Nordic Bike Park in […]
Videos

Fat (video) Tuesday – Snow Fun in Scotland by Illya Rudkin

December 13, 2016 Gomez 2
  This month I have chosen the first video I made of my fat-bike. It was the first big ride […]

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